Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)

Bukhari :: Book 5 :: Volume 59 :: Hadith 399

Narrated Jafar bin 'Amr bin Umaiya:

I went out with 'Ubaidullah bin 'Adi Al-Khaiyar. When we reached
Hims (i.e. a town in Syria), 'Ubaidullah bin 'Adi said (to me),
"Would you like to see Wahshi so that we may ask him about the
killing of Hamza?" I replied, "Yes." Wahshi used to live in Hims.
We enquired about him and somebody said to us, "He is that in the
shade of his palace, as if he were a full water skin." So we went
up to him, and when we were at a short distance from him, we
greeted him and he greeted us in return. 'Ubaidullah was wearing
his turban and Wahshi could not see except his eyes and feet.
'Ubaidullah said, "O Wahshi! Do you know me?" Wahshi looked at him
and then said, "No, by Allah! But I know that 'Adi bin Al-Khiyar
married a woman called Um Qital, the daughter of Abu Al-Is, and she
delivered a boy for him at Mecca, and I looked for a wet nurse for
that child. (Once) I carried that child along with his mother and
then I handed him over to her, and your feet resemble that child's
feet." Then 'Ubaidullah uncovered his face and said (to Wahshi),
"Will you tell us (the story of) the killing of Hamza?" Wahshi
replied "Yes, Hamza killed Tuaima bin 'Adi bin Al-Khaiyar at Badr
(battle) so my master, Jubair bin Mut'im said to me, 'If you kill
Hamza in revenge for my uncle, then you will be set free." When the
people set out (for the battle of Uhud) in the year of 'Ainain
..'Ainain is a mountain near the mountain of Uhud, and between it
and Uhud there is a valley.. I went out with the people for the
battle. When the army aligned for the fight, Siba' came out and
said, 'Is there any (Muslim) to accept my challenge to a duel?'
Hamza bin 'Abdul Muttalib came out and said, 'O Siba'. O Ibn Um
Anmar, the one who circumcises other ladies! Do you challenge Allah
and His Apostle?' Then Hamza attacked and killed him, causing him
to be non-extant like the bygone yesterday. I hid myself under a
rock, and when he (i.e. Hamza) came near me, I threw my spear at
him, driving it into his umbilicus so that it came out through his
buttocks, causing him to die. When all the people returned to
Mecca, I too returned with them. I stayed in (Mecca) till Islam
spread in it (i.e. Mecca). Then I left for Taif, and when the
people (of Taif) sent their messengers to Allah's Apostle, I was
told that the Prophet did not harm the messengers; So I too went
out with them till I reached Allah's Apostle. When he saw me, he
said, 'Are you Wahshi?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Was it you who
killed Hamza?' I replied, 'What happened is what you have been told
of.' He said, 'Can you hide your face from me?' So I went out when
Allah's Apostle died, and Musailamah Al-Kadhdhab appeared (claiming
to be a prophet). I said, 'I will go out to Musailamah so that I
may kill him, and make amends for killing Hamza. So I went out with
the people (to fight Musailamah and his followers) and then famous
events took place concerning that battle. Suddenly I saw a man
(i.e. Musailamah) standing near a gap in a wall. He looked like an
ash-colored camel and his hair was dishevelled. So I threw my spear
at him, driving it into his chest in between his breasts till it
passed out through his shoulders, and then an Ansari man attacked
him and struck him on the head with a sword. 'Abdullah bin 'Umar
said, 'A slave girl on the roof of a house said: Alas! The chief of
the believers (i.e. Musailamah) has been killed by a black
slave."